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An Experience of the Captivity. |
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| Psalm 137:1 |
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By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down
and wept, When we remembered Zion. |
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| Psalm 137:2 |
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Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung
our harps. |
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| Psalm 137:3 |
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For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." |
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| Psalm 137:4 |
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How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign
land? |
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| Psalm 137:5 |
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand
forget her skill. |
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| Psalm 137:6 |
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May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
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| Psalm 137:7 |
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Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The
day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." |
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| Psalm 137:8 |
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O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How
blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have
repaid us. |
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| Psalm 137:9 |
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How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes
your little ones Against the rock. |
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